Former Minister of State for Education and Delta State chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Olorogun Kenneth Gbagi, has said that he has nothing against the state deputy governor, Professor Amos Utuama, SAN, over the 2015 elections other than protecting the interest of Deltans and the Urhobos. . In a chat with reporters in Lagos, Gbagi, lamented that people were blowing out of proportion his advice that a septuagenarian should allow the youths to aspire for Delta governorship. He said it was sad and evil that people were fabricating stories that he said he had Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan in his…
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A man simply identified as Wisdom, is now on the run, for allegedly defrauding over 50 job seekers, who jumped at his offer of mouthwatering jobs at the yet to take-off Federal Government Export Processing Zone, Ogodigben in Warri South-West Local Government Area, Delta State. . It dawned on the job racketeering victims that they had been duped when they arrived, weekend, in Ode-Ugborodu to the bemused host community folks of the EPZ project, where the fraudster had directed them to meet a fake associate expected to accommodate and take them to the project site for jobs placement. . Narrating…
AS the former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, formally pitched tent with All Progressives Congress, APC, a group, the South-South Movement for Atiku, SSMA, has said that the Turaki Adamawa, by joining APC, would bring the desired change that is urgently needed in the South South region as well as the entire country, come 2015. . In a statement by its National Youth Coordinator, Chief Benjamin Nomuoja, the group said: “We wish to welcome Alhaji Atiku to our great party, the APC. . As a party formed on the basis of change and good governance for the entire Nigerian nation,…
SEME, the border between Nigeria and Benin Republic has a vast area, which covers a large expanse of land. The challenge in policing this particular border is the swampy nature of the environment that tends to retard movement of patrol vehicles. When the border was visited recently, security personnel were seen at strategic positions screening people crossing from Benin to Nigeria, aside from economic activities in both countries. . The border information point surrounded by Customs officers was placed at the centre of the border line. Also, numerous seizures including second hand shoes, textile materials, bags and rice, were seen…
The Federal Government on Sunday urged Nigerians to pray for the security agents partaking in the ongoing military action to end the reign of terror in parts of the country. . The Minister of Information, Mr Labaran Maku, gave the charge at a special thanksgiving service in honour of Maj.-Gen. Chris Olukolade, the Defence spokesman, in Abuja. . The service was held at Redeem Christian Church of God (RCCG), Central Parish, Abuja. . “We call on the relentless prayers and support of citizens for the security agents as they battle to end the menace of insurgency in parts of the…
The Minister of Power, Prof. Chinedu Nebo, on Sunday reassured Nigerians, especially industrialists, of steady electricity supply in a very short time. . Nebo gave the assurance at the investiture of the newly elected president and council of the Enugu Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Mines and Agriculture (ECCIMA) in Enugu. . According to him, downturn in the power sector is only temporal and that government is doing everything possible to provide stable electricity. . “Lots of work is being done. Government is putting the right mechanisms to ensure adequate electricity 24/7,’’ he said. . Nebo praised industrialists for their steadfastness,…
The Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) on Sunday urged the Commissioner of Police in Lagos State to track down the killers of Mr Toyin Obadina, Deputy Editor, Newswatch Newspapers. . This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Femi Adesina, the NGE President, and made available to a news company in Abuja. . Obadina died on Sunday as a result of injuries he sustained from the gunmen on Friday on his way to his Ikorodu residence in Lagos. . He was rushed to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital where doctors battled unsuccessfully to save his life. . The…
They are the moral guide to the society and they do all in their wisdom to engender peace and preserve the interests of the larger society. Unfortunately, the various elders’ groups in Nigeria–in the East, West, South-South, Middle Belt or North -are different; they observe this rule in the breach. The most typical of them is the Northern Elders’ Forum (NEF) which has been in the news in recent times, for its strident pursuit of sectional and parochial interests to the detriment of the well-being of the larger Nigerian nation. . The elders, at the end of its meeting in…
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar has dumped the party which gave him a platform to be Nigeria’s Vice President from 1999 to 2007, stating that the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has lost touch with Nigerians and can no longer be redeemed. . It will be recalled that Atiku also left the party in 2007 to contest the presidential election on the platform of the Action Congress (AC) before returning to the PDP in 2009. . He has updated his twitter handle to include the emblem of All Progressive Congress ,APC), his new political party. . Below is…
FOUR persons – a couple, their daughter and house help-yesterday, died in a miltiple accident involving the convoy of Ondo State deputy governor, Alhaji Ali Olanusi. . A traditional ruler, the Osunmakinde of Ife Tuntun, Osun State, Oba Obawure Taofeek Olaposi, who was seriously injured in the crash, is on admission in Ondo State Specialist Hospital, Akure. . The deceased are the Chairman of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, Alex Akinwale, his wife, Rebecca, and daughter, Pauline. . The Akinwales first child, Paul, who was also involved in the crash, however, survived.…